DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Jan. 26, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vital Images, Inc., a Toshiba Medical Systems Group Company and leading provider of advanced visualization and analysis solutions for healthcare providers, was selected by two leading university hospitals in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to solve their enterprise advanced visualization challenges. Both King Fahad Hospital in Jeddah and King Faisal Specialty Hospital and Research Center in Riyadh selected Vital's PACS integrated VitreaAdvanced® for its clinical applications to serve its radiology, cardiology and other specialty physician community.

"Having the ability to provide medical images from anywhere at any time via the PACS means clinicians are better able to efficiently focus on patient care," said Steve Andersen, Executive Vice President, International for Vital. "We are honored to have been selected by these hospitals serving an extensive Saudi Arabian community to provide these capabilities as well as meet their multimodality and multi-specialty imaging requirements."

VitreaAdvanced, Vital's advanced visualization solution, provides powerful 2D, 3D and 4D images for applications, addressing specialties such as cardiovascular, neurovascular and oncology. VitreaAdvanced can be customized with Vital's clinical applications, and offers seamless integration and interoperability with PACS and EMR systems. Its scalable and versatile deployment options allow for customization within the enterprise, making it fit within existing infrastructures.

The solution was sold by Attieh Medico, Vital Images's distribution partner for Saudi Arabia.

About Vital Images, Inc.

Vital Images, Inc., a Toshiba Medical Systems Group Company, is a leading provider of advanced visualization and analysis software for physicians and healthcare specialists. The company's software provides users productivity and communication tools to improve patient care that can be accessed throughout the enterprise anytime, anywhere via the Web. For more information, visit www.vitalimages.com.

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